Yes You Can!

This Friday, inspired by Eunice and Gasper (my running partners), the words of Obama (“Yes, You Can!”) and Martin (You Go Girl!), I managed to run 5K straight, no stopping. Eunice and I have been running about twice a week at 6am before we go to work. This is the first time, however, that I have made it all around without stopping- I usually have to walk about 5-10 minutes. I am not much of a runner (I actually don’t like it) but there is something about running the streets of Arusha as the sun comes up that really gets my adrenaline rushing and gets me off to a great start of the day. This particular morning we were also joined by a group of guys that tagged along for a while, (one was a local Maasai, in his traditional Maasai garb- rubber flip flops, a walking stick, and a 2 pieces of traditional cloth material wrapped around his body, and one guy who had a beer bottle and offered my some beer while we were running). The guys hung in for a while (the Maasai guy started singing/ chanting something in Maasai language as we were running that helped build up the momentum of the run) and then they politely said “badai”, meaning see ya later!